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wake dozens of armed militia groups whose activities we have seen recently culminated in the kind of environment like the murder of christopher stevens in benghazi. how do we begin thinking now about strategy and processes for the provision and security in the reform of institutions and for the transformation of a broader culture in syria that has elevated security and the security apparatus to position that supersedes the democratic rule of law, formal institutions and subordinate them to the preferences of those who run the security apparatus. how do we get syria out of that kind of a context and into one in which the security sector functions consistent with the rule of law. these were the challenges that we have to deal with in the future. >> thank you very much, steve. good morning, ladies and gentlemen. not only is this a work in progress as more areas are being liberated and documented, we have a list of suggestion and so we laid out some principles in the reform. the most important of which, i think, is the civilian authority over the army. an army that would be of security services to b
wake dozens of armed militia groups whose activities we have seen recently culminated in the kind of environment like the murder of christopher stevens in benghazi. how do we begin thinking now about strategy and processes for the provision and security in the reform of institutions and for the transformation of a broader culture in syria that has elevated security and the security apparatus to position that supersedes the democratic rule of law, formal institutions and subordinate them to the...
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think of the impact it would have on the environment, the ability to create jobs here in nevada. let's always go back to the jobs and the ability to create jobs in america. i believe the sage grouse gets listed. i do. you need a senator that will fight back and realize and understand that talk to this administration and say if you reelect a we're in trouble. it will be a big, big concern. spent our next question comes from -- >> congresswoman berkley, in 2008 you wrote a letter to representative peter stark who chaired the house subcommittee over medicare, urging them to oppose lowering medicare rates for dialysis. why in a letter did you not point out that your husband is a kidney specialist which could be a potential conflict of interest? berkley: my one and only concern was to protect the health and well being of the people of the state of nevada. that is my job. now, i wrote a letter to pete stark, but i sit on the same committee with them and i've known him for six years. he knows exactly what my husband did, does. let me tell you something. i know my opponent has attacked m
think of the impact it would have on the environment, the ability to create jobs here in nevada. let's always go back to the jobs and the ability to create jobs in america. i believe the sage grouse gets listed. i do. you need a senator that will fight back and realize and understand that talk to this administration and say if you reelect a we're in trouble. it will be a big, big concern. spent our next question comes from -- >> congresswoman berkley, in 2008 you wrote a letter to...
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we have agreed community college environment already in place. that's where the community colleges can come into play but we need to make sure that we are addressing these policies that actually incentivize businesses to send jobs over to places like china. i hope to have an opportunity because i have ten seconds here and how they are being hurt by these failed policies that my opponent supports. >> moderator: the same question to congressman schilling. schilling: i think it's clear my opponent is against the free trade agreement that came out last year and if you take a look at the free trade agreement here specifically in this district its huge. as a matter of fact and one of their plans they have 3,000 workers. 80% of their product ships outside of the united states of america. as if you do the math on that that is 80% times 3,000, that's 2400 jobs responsible because of free trade. here's the thing. what we have to have in this country is a level playing field. we have the highest corporate tax rate in the world. we have an administration tha
we have agreed community college environment already in place. that's where the community colleges can come into play but we need to make sure that we are addressing these policies that actually incentivize businesses to send jobs over to places like china. i hope to have an opportunity because i have ten seconds here and how they are being hurt by these failed policies that my opponent supports. >> moderator: the same question to congressman schilling. schilling: i think it's clear my...
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having said that, this is a crazy political environment, a lot of the political roles as i started off saying have been thrown out. and so more than anything else i advise you to expect the unexpected. not just the next two or three months, but the next five or six years until the country does decide one way or the other that it's going to choose between to grant fischer i think i'll stop there and we'll take questions, comments or arguments. [applause] >> charlie, can i add -- i just want to add one thing because i know people, sorry, set i can't. i just want to add one question, exit question to which comes close to your view of? government should do more to solve problems, or government is doing too many things better left to business and individuals? we've seen this question asked over the years. government doing too much, government is doing to me things better left to business and individuals? have you seen this exit question this year? the responses, is going to answer, the responses from the public, government should do more to solve problems, 43. government doing too many thin
having said that, this is a crazy political environment, a lot of the political roles as i started off saying have been thrown out. and so more than anything else i advise you to expect the unexpected. not just the next two or three months, but the next five or six years until the country does decide one way or the other that it's going to choose between to grant fischer i think i'll stop there and we'll take questions, comments or arguments. [applause] >> charlie, can i add -- i just...
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second in the fall, will give a special message on energy and the environment. when he we need to be more strategic in focusing on the intersection of job creation, affordability, science and sustainability. we need to continue michigan's leadership in protecting the great lakes, one of the world's greatest natural assets. [applause] [applause] third i would like to work with the legislature on how to improve our laws related to lobbying, campaign finance and ethics for both state and local government. for example we should have more frequent and better disclosure of campaign contributions and we should have stronger rules governing employment of people who negotiate state contracts while in government services. [applause] [applause] on implementation of good government we will have efforts on two levels. one track will be focused on state government itself and how it operates. the second track will be a supportive partner to our local jurisdictions. data for grading principles of good governance will be how we operate in this way and that they share those four
second in the fall, will give a special message on energy and the environment. when he we need to be more strategic in focusing on the intersection of job creation, affordability, science and sustainability. we need to continue michigan's leadership in protecting the great lakes, one of the world's greatest natural assets. [applause] [applause] third i would like to work with the legislature on how to improve our laws related to lobbying, campaign finance and ethics for both state and local...
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they like the government role in ensuring a clean environment. in those particular americans are very pleased with the successes that the government has had, and those successes have been substantial. in 196035% of seniors live in poverty. today it is under 10%. that is a remarkable success for this war on poverty that is so often been derided. >> is there a metric for happiness? we have gross domestic product, a new sort of gross national happiness scale, perhaps, being proposed by others around the world. i fear that your answer may involve something more like, well, the less the government does the happier we are, but i want to invite you to make -- to make -- to offer a metric for government, even in a very limited view, what would be egg of -- metric for evaluating governments. >> this is not about what makes most of us happy or some measure of happiness. i certainly want to distance myself that the matrix of government is hiking gdp. it's not. i just happen to think it government also has that as a result. in my view the metric is individua
they like the government role in ensuring a clean environment. in those particular americans are very pleased with the successes that the government has had, and those successes have been substantial. in 196035% of seniors live in poverty. today it is under 10%. that is a remarkable success for this war on poverty that is so often been derided. >> is there a metric for happiness? we have gross domestic product, a new sort of gross national happiness scale, perhaps, being proposed by...
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the reason i say it is not a feel good environment in thestah statistics, in the u.s. economye typically they lay before us, p people seeking employment grows 1% a year. the productivity of the labor force grows about 2% a year so you need another 3% growth in the real terms to make a dent oo even to keep unemployment level. we are not growing at that rate ng are growing at a sluggish goi sub-par rate you can argue for su different reasons the need for the government to the letter ani get their house inf order for te budget deficit, the certainty that exists in america over thec fiscal cliff and the tax regime and antibusiness policies are being practiced by some we are not going to go there aggressively. whenever the case may be the economy is growing but it's not a feel-good economy because they growth is not rapidly enough to reduce the level of unemployment inp the economy. giving you some support, very important area in the economyrty for the consumer psychology is housing and you see the ingredients for the recovery ine housingnt activity, affordabiliy is near re
the reason i say it is not a feel good environment in thestah statistics, in the u.s. economye typically they lay before us, p people seeking employment grows 1% a year. the productivity of the labor force grows about 2% a year so you need another 3% growth in the real terms to make a dent oo even to keep unemployment level. we are not growing at that rate ng are growing at a sluggish goi sub-par rate you can argue for su different reasons the need for the government to the letter ani get their...
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and also your the environment has changed. the third thing on that and is giving again with the same issue that immigration is dealing with with the question of, when you travel around the world, the middle-classes growing all around the world. once they have their refrigerator and their car they want to travel, they want to see the world your otherwise only comes to them on tv. tourism is booming. the interesting thing is last year france saw more chinese visitors than the u.s. did. and i think that is not a question of the preference of the chinese but more a question of how we deal with it. i've seen estimates from experts that say through tourism alone which is already -- tourism alone we could create pretty short-term two to 3 million jobs. when you talk to people around the world, they all would like to come and visit. on the re-skilling, because you as, are we affected by? absolutely are we affected by. and we talked a lot about, i mean k-12 education. leave that aside. we know that's an issue. but let's talk about the
and also your the environment has changed. the third thing on that and is giving again with the same issue that immigration is dealing with with the question of, when you travel around the world, the middle-classes growing all around the world. once they have their refrigerator and their car they want to travel, they want to see the world your otherwise only comes to them on tv. tourism is booming. the interesting thing is last year france saw more chinese visitors than the u.s. did. and i...
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the other part of that question would be, if it were truly an environment where everybody had to give something of, would it not be fair for public broadcasting to give something up as well? >> these are all important questions, and i wish i had my friend william f. buckley who appeared on public television for 30 years and only on public television for 30 years tell me answer your excellent question. we have given up, and we continue to give up again and again and again. that means the national town of for the humanities his contribution to the civil war from approached 45 percent and now we often receive we're looking into the due diligence for producing the door stopper, proposals that they still in quite rightfully require receive sometimes less than 10 percent and still receive the largest grant we have given up and given up and given up. i think like prohibition we sometimes fall prey to preconceived notions that permit the discussion to fall into the realm of the cultural wars, if you will. it is so interesting that we are an organization that helps to stiff the country togethe
the other part of that question would be, if it were truly an environment where everybody had to give something of, would it not be fair for public broadcasting to give something up as well? >> these are all important questions, and i wish i had my friend william f. buckley who appeared on public television for 30 years and only on public television for 30 years tell me answer your excellent question. we have given up, and we continue to give up again and again and again. that means the...
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they appear to have outpaced the regulatory environment. and as a result of that, there are a number of misconceptions about what uas are and not. so it has been the tasking of the industry of late to begin the process during the realistic shaping of that market so that the expectations the public have about our capabilities are are in fact realistic. so i wanted to share with you some of those concerns that we have, and hopefully open up a dialogue about it going forward. one of the things that we face every day is the misconception that uas are an inexpensive alternative to the manned aircraft type of deployment. at this point in time, nothing could be further from the truth. until routine acess to aerospace and routine d regular use of uas occur, we are looking at a situation where the economics may not be what everyone anticipates. we are still competing with a manned aircraft world. in spite of our name, unmanned aircraft systems are not truly unmanned. there is a sizable humans of print associated with the operation of the vehicles of
they appear to have outpaced the regulatory environment. and as a result of that, there are a number of misconceptions about what uas are and not. so it has been the tasking of the industry of late to begin the process during the realistic shaping of that market so that the expectations the public have about our capabilities are are in fact realistic. so i wanted to share with you some of those concerns that we have, and hopefully open up a dialogue about it going forward. one of the things...
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if you create an environment where they want to be, education nation, i saw a video, massachusetts and it is unbelievable. 24 different career choices and veterinarian clinic. 16 day auto shop. the list goes on but it is different. not more of the same. there's one thing in the report that i think although it wasn't the focus is so important and it was mentioned by both analysts, the early intervention. i am a believer in systems. you can't take a piece of a whole system. even change dramatically one piece and assume the whole thing will change. i don't believe that is true. the thing about public education in america that is troubling to me is when they say no system can produce anything other than what it was designed to produce. in this country when we graduate 75% of the kids year after year after year unless you are african-american or hispanic is closer to 50% as the report points out the rate doesn't fluctuate like the dow jones average. it is constant because the system was designed to do that. what we have to do is talk about what changes in the system have to occur so that we
if you create an environment where they want to be, education nation, i saw a video, massachusetts and it is unbelievable. 24 different career choices and veterinarian clinic. 16 day auto shop. the list goes on but it is different. not more of the same. there's one thing in the report that i think although it wasn't the focus is so important and it was mentioned by both analysts, the early intervention. i am a believer in systems. you can't take a piece of a whole system. even change...
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in today's environment, i don't know, i could start it again. the biggest challenge we have is access to capital and regulation. and we wonder is small business the place we should focus and in my view it is the only place. every statistic shows you the greatest growth in america you take from the last recession to the beginning of this one from the small business 7 million jobs were created by small business. 60% of the 7 million came from companies 5-years-old or gender. and as the speaker said we are at our lowest level in 30 years. this is a great opportunity to find with the future holds. this will jump-start it. now the challenge when it comes to access to capital when i started my first small business kind of successful so i wanted to open five more rallies to the police. it's hard for a bank to lend to a 20-year-old kid but because i agree with on a different side of the neighborhood, the rules that we have based in 1933i couldn't go talk to somebody that had capital that wanted to invest with me privately ellison had a previous relation
in today's environment, i don't know, i could start it again. the biggest challenge we have is access to capital and regulation. and we wonder is small business the place we should focus and in my view it is the only place. every statistic shows you the greatest growth in america you take from the last recession to the beginning of this one from the small business 7 million jobs were created by small business. 60% of the 7 million came from companies 5-years-old or gender. and as the speaker...
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we operate in a extreme environment with high altitudes. we fly day and night and have widely various sleep patterns. and don't forget stress. stress with flight operation, family concerns or the economic fortunates much our particular airline. it can all add to a major impact on a pilot's health and well being. we'll hear from a distinguished group of aviation and medical experts. moderating this panel is con air captain chip who is l at alpa's air medical chair. >> thanks. [applause] >> good, ladies and gentlemen. i'm captain chip. airline pilot association chairman of the national group. the group makes up one of the five components of alpa's pilot assistance structure. in the group, we take a multifaceted approach to helping members maintain good health with information and individual interactions. our group works with the medical industry and federal regular lay stores ensure the latest information and standards not only get to the pilot, but they receive the information but also applied to the medical certificate. now on to the panel.
we operate in a extreme environment with high altitudes. we fly day and night and have widely various sleep patterns. and don't forget stress. stress with flight operation, family concerns or the economic fortunates much our particular airline. it can all add to a major impact on a pilot's health and well being. we'll hear from a distinguished group of aviation and medical experts. moderating this panel is con air captain chip who is l at alpa's air medical chair. >> thanks. [applause]...
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, but also in the work environment. wal have a fitness center and a recording studio at the west side center. we've incorporated consistent youth development philosophy. you know, this is important. you have to have a framework that believes that these young people want and want to and can succeed. we talked about at one of our previous sessions many of us are dealing with negotiations with our public unions, and i talked about it when i spoke as having that framework. if you have the framework particularly when i'd been dealing with the teachers' union, that they want to, they have the same goals and objectives that we have and that is a child-focused goal, you can get a lot of places. but you have to believe that the people that you're dealing with want this for themselves. it changes the whole way you deal with the issue, you deal with the population. um, we know that it is important to meet the young people where they are and develop personal success plans based on their strengths,ish hsu -- issues, interests and ap
, but also in the work environment. wal have a fitness center and a recording studio at the west side center. we've incorporated consistent youth development philosophy. you know, this is important. you have to have a framework that believes that these young people want and want to and can succeed. we talked about at one of our previous sessions many of us are dealing with negotiations with our public unions, and i talked about it when i spoke as having that framework. if you have the framework...
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there's been concerns over the environment. tell us more about this. this is the story i'm looking at the you reported. transportation security new work procedures that air marshals served as necessary to counter perceptions of discrimination. >> guest: it's true. i think it was a cnn investigation a little while back, particularly in this orlando office that they operate out of there was a lot of feelings of discrimination and retaliation and they found one of the smoking guns if you will with a billboard or this bulletin board with the managers in the office were using and the had a lot of names for various agents and sort of created this repressive work environment. the dhs inspector general investigated this and found that there was no widespread discrimination or retaliation for what the service but they did find people were having a love of feelings there may be because a lot of the prophecies of you will in the management seemed very secretive and not very transparent to the inspector general recommended basically a dozen remedies and transporta
there's been concerns over the environment. tell us more about this. this is the story i'm looking at the you reported. transportation security new work procedures that air marshals served as necessary to counter perceptions of discrimination. >> guest: it's true. i think it was a cnn investigation a little while back, particularly in this orlando office that they operate out of there was a lot of feelings of discrimination and retaliation and they found one of the smoking guns if you...
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and i read from a quote from environment news service, i don't have a date hand on it, but it is after the nebraska legislature met. kerri-ann jones and assistant secretary of the state said, quote, i am confident that the department and nebraska authorities would be able to efficiently work together in preparing any documents necessary to examine the alternative routes the state of nebraska that satisfies the federal laws in any state law of nebraska. so they were all set and ready to go with the state of nebraska. now, if mr. linder would have been allowed to participate in this hearing today, but for the objections of the state department, he would have said on december 1, 2011, we contacted the state department to begin to explore the process of entering into an m.o.u. between two agencies which would outline responsibilities and to find a schedule. we received the first draft of the agreement from the state department within the next two weeks in exchange comments to which what we consider to be an executable document which we submitted to the state department december 2011. no fu
and i read from a quote from environment news service, i don't have a date hand on it, but it is after the nebraska legislature met. kerri-ann jones and assistant secretary of the state said, quote, i am confident that the department and nebraska authorities would be able to efficiently work together in preparing any documents necessary to examine the alternative routes the state of nebraska that satisfies the federal laws in any state law of nebraska. so they were all set and ready to go with...
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today, what shifted, this is across the consumer work we do as was seen it in this political environment, people are changing the way they view risk. they are not entirely risk-averse, but they become more wary of risk. they feel better about the choices they make when they wait risk carefully, and to take a less risky choice. so for example, if you look at new car purchases, which arrested detroit has been fabulous. we have jobs saved. with all three automakers profitable for the first time in a decade. a today new cars that are being bought, the average age of the car this thing turn in his 10 years as opposed to seven which is used to be. more people are willing to buy used cars before new cars. so they are not totally risk-averse but they are wary of the. it manifests itself in some interesting ways. if you look at the top arrow and the data at the top of his chart, you ask people which would you prefer, opportunities to change employers or professions, or long-term implant with a single employer. by two to one now americans are saying long-term employment with a single employer. i d
today, what shifted, this is across the consumer work we do as was seen it in this political environment, people are changing the way they view risk. they are not entirely risk-averse, but they become more wary of risk. they feel better about the choices they make when they wait risk carefully, and to take a less risky choice. so for example, if you look at new car purchases, which arrested detroit has been fabulous. we have jobs saved. with all three automakers profitable for the first time in...
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[applause] my colleague and friend who worked so hard each and every day to protect the environment so our children will grow up in a cleaner world, lisa jackson, administrator jackson. [applause] barry gordy, alexis, james mitchell and maurice cox, all you have done a tremendous job in your careers, not just professionally but your civic commitment to the movement, so thank each and everyone of you as well. [applause] so, yesterday i was in atlanta. i had the humbling privilege of addressing the congregation at ebenezer baptist church. and as i was talking with the president the day before i went into, we were reminiscing about his last trip to -- >> we will leave this event at this point. you can see it in its entirety on our website, c-span.org. we are returning live now to the woodrow wilson center for remarks in homeland security security secretary janet napolitano and others, talk about the work homeland security is doing this morning. live coverage on c-span2. we expect remarks also from john mclaughlin, former state -- former cia director and general james jones. >> and in the
[applause] my colleague and friend who worked so hard each and every day to protect the environment so our children will grow up in a cleaner world, lisa jackson, administrator jackson. [applause] barry gordy, alexis, james mitchell and maurice cox, all you have done a tremendous job in your careers, not just professionally but your civic commitment to the movement, so thank each and everyone of you as well. [applause] so, yesterday i was in atlanta. i had the humbling privilege of addressing...
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this is an assignment, the radio and tv environment much like the search engine environment. where competition is a click away. it wasn't a mouse click back and. you have to click the dial on your television set. competition was always a click away. there was no cost to switch and you didn't have to pay to switch. so it was easy to switch into situations and you might say how could the exercise market power. the answer is that you exercise market power to the volume and intensity of advertising. advertising is how you make money, and the value of advertising is how you boost how much money you can make. the easiest is to start i think there's a lot of discussion about whether google has market power in the advertising market. that's an interesting discussion. that's not the place to start. the place to start is in search engines, and we think company with a great successful product of my tech company of market power? if they did have market power, how would they go about exercising at? and the answer is they would have more advertising. they would have more ads and because it
this is an assignment, the radio and tv environment much like the search engine environment. where competition is a click away. it wasn't a mouse click back and. you have to click the dial on your television set. competition was always a click away. there was no cost to switch and you didn't have to pay to switch. so it was easy to switch into situations and you might say how could the exercise market power. the answer is that you exercise market power to the volume and intensity of...
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that responsibility to provide a safe environment for our children starts at birth. it's instilled in all of us as parents. and when a child is bullied, we have failed that duty. we can't place the blame on my one individual for how that bullying came to be, but we must all know, and we must all remind ourselves that we've had a role in preventing it from happening. as parents, as teachers, as community members, as caring adults, we must all be proactive to make sure that we stop bullying before it starts. and it's from those instincts that president obama has placed such an emphasis on bullying prevention and used his position as our president and as a parent to provide leadership to stop bullying when we see it and before it starts. when we fall short of keeping our kids safe and free from bullying, the president reacts as any parent would. what if that had been my child? we've seen too many lives damaged and too many children suffer from the words and actions of bullies. no children -- no child should be made to feel unsafe and alone. as the president has said, we
that responsibility to provide a safe environment for our children starts at birth. it's instilled in all of us as parents. and when a child is bullied, we have failed that duty. we can't place the blame on my one individual for how that bullying came to be, but we must all know, and we must all remind ourselves that we've had a role in preventing it from happening. as parents, as teachers, as community members, as caring adults, we must all be proactive to make sure that we stop bullying...
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given the current fiscal environment, va has done a good job putting together a budget that reflects a very real commitment to provide veterans with the care and benefits they have earned. thank you, secretary shinseki, for your efforts. i also want to applaud va's ongoing commitment to end homelessness. this is an area where you are making real strides, and i'm encouraged to see that the administration has again requested an increase in funding for homeless programs. i'm hopeful that we will continue to see a significant effort to reduce the number of homeless veterans and prevent those who are at risk from becoming homeless, but i also believe va has some real work to do in the area of serving female homeless veterans. but while va has done a good job putting together a budget that works to tackle the challenges our veterans face, there is also clearly room for improvement. for the third year in a row, va has proposed cuts in spending for major construction and non-recurring maintenance. these continued cuts are deeply troubling given last year was the first time va's budget even o
given the current fiscal environment, va has done a good job putting together a budget that reflects a very real commitment to provide veterans with the care and benefits they have earned. thank you, secretary shinseki, for your efforts. i also want to applaud va's ongoing commitment to end homelessness. this is an area where you are making real strides, and i'm encouraged to see that the administration has again requested an increase in funding for homeless programs. i'm hopeful that we will...
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we are not concerned merely with kind of the michael regulatory environment. we just introduced a national budget in canada last week, or next stage will recall our economic action plan. one of the things we're doing there is we are trying to streamline project approval, particularly from major source development. we have tremendous opportunity is here but obviously in asia to develop and to find new markets for canadian sources, and we have found in recent years and increasingly our records are processed as well, necessary for good environmental reasons, are often becoming very long, creating a lot of uncertainty for business. so we are legislating clear timeline, that doesn't guarantee people will get the answer they want, but clear timeline so we can create more certainty for investment and ultimately bring more projects to fruition quickly. >> i will get to the energy question, which i know you all want an answer to in a moment, but staying on this for just a bit. you have been able to do things in terms of your budget that we can only dream of here. and o
we are not concerned merely with kind of the michael regulatory environment. we just introduced a national budget in canada last week, or next stage will recall our economic action plan. one of the things we're doing there is we are trying to streamline project approval, particularly from major source development. we have tremendous opportunity is here but obviously in asia to develop and to find new markets for canadian sources, and we have found in recent years and increasingly our records...
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. >> it's interesting even if you look at the multi family environment, the sources of financing are no different than the single family environment saying in the fha dark it is virtually nonexistent and so, as you think about this demand for the rental housing going forward, you know, we need to have low capital to make sure that we can build plenty of supplies particularly in the urban communities how their places work. >> i would also add that some of the work that we are doing on the ground what we are going to continue to hear. we all have to be really thoughtful about how we articulate what that means for our economy and how we start to transition to productive uses which i know all of us are talking about setting there is an opportunity to see how to convert some of those single family units productive rental and certainly rent to own and other sort of programs we think can lead to either high-quality rental ownership, but regardless, there is a huge mismatch as we know between where the funds are coming and we're the opportunities for the job schools and the other reasons peo
. >> it's interesting even if you look at the multi family environment, the sources of financing are no different than the single family environment saying in the fha dark it is virtually nonexistent and so, as you think about this demand for the rental housing going forward, you know, we need to have low capital to make sure that we can build plenty of supplies particularly in the urban communities how their places work. >> i would also add that some of the work that we are doing...
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the business is no doubt the environment we are creating is going to be one that will be conducive, and i think that's why we have had success. it is attributable to our policies locally it on the national level you may not see it because of some of the hesitancy with the national environment. >> as far as virginia there are obviously some factors that make virginia some god-given things. obviously it is proximity on the east coast and the fact we've had a major interstate the printer virginia certainly benefit us. a lot of it is a certainty and we are also the northernmost right to work stayed on the east coast. that is a tremendous benefit to the commonwealth of virginia as far as attracting businesses and hampton roads we've got the largest deepwater port on the east coast the panama canal and the changes coming soon it brings commerce into virginia we are building our railroad system growing from the part of virginia west triet we just announced that we are building and other highway and there will be told access highway and the purpose of that highway is to bring chuck trafficking
the business is no doubt the environment we are creating is going to be one that will be conducive, and i think that's why we have had success. it is attributable to our policies locally it on the national level you may not see it because of some of the hesitancy with the national environment. >> as far as virginia there are obviously some factors that make virginia some god-given things. obviously it is proximity on the east coast and the fact we've had a major interstate the printer...
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and that concerns around the environment around something can be there. yes, that is the case. >> it is more than the risk. if you look at the history in relation to international, with 1981, 1987, 1990 with the original merger between two companies. there has always been a political debate, which has gone on alongside the legal or substantial debate, hasn't there? >> unfortunately, there has been a political debate, and my concern, as i have been involved in business in this country has always been to try and keep the debate on the legal side and weed out facts and merits and be pretty square on this and be consistent with respect to how we legislate and how we regulate industry and how we can ultimately create an environment for better investment and more jobs in this industry. >> are you aware, mr. murdoch, in regards to the debate, it would be inevitable that the debate would spill over into the political domain, wouldn't you? >> as i said, mr. jay, i really don't understand. there are many debates. there are debates around whether or not a transactio
and that concerns around the environment around something can be there. yes, that is the case. >> it is more than the risk. if you look at the history in relation to international, with 1981, 1987, 1990 with the original merger between two companies. there has always been a political debate, which has gone on alongside the legal or substantial debate, hasn't there? >> unfortunately, there has been a political debate, and my concern, as i have been involved in business in this...
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no economic impact from a huge social and health impacts but even huge changes for 15 years in the environment without better schools, without better connections to sort of trend in education. you need that in the. jobs plus on the other hand worked with people in the housing units, changed the financial incentive for getting a job in the tax rate and provide training in eight and ten years out it didn't have the health and social effects of getting people safe but it actually started moving people out of poverty and in the long run what we are learning is tremendous changes in the environment matter for kids health and giving them the ability to thrive but without improving their parents skills and improving their education and job opportunities treacly, not just -- it's going to be very tough, so whenever you think about family structure, neighborhood, other sources of social problems, the education and the training should be central if we are going to affect disadvantage american's problems. what i want to conclude is the one other area where i think i can say something that maybe a little
no economic impact from a huge social and health impacts but even huge changes for 15 years in the environment without better schools, without better connections to sort of trend in education. you need that in the. jobs plus on the other hand worked with people in the housing units, changed the financial incentive for getting a job in the tax rate and provide training in eight and ten years out it didn't have the health and social effects of getting people safe but it actually started moving...
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and we're so very, very grateful to hud in this capped environment when they're making that statement, they're taking their program down elsewhere to be able to help us out. so we're also working to leverage new technology that can better direct resources, and this one was a lot of fun. about three weeks ago i did an announcement with the singer jon bon jovi, anybody know? all the women that i tell that to kind of, you know, they get the fan out there. jon bon jovi, and the keepty sec -- deputy secretary of hud, and we were announcing the winners of a competition. and check this out. any of you have a smartphone? of course you do. any of you have an app for starbucks? okay, i do, all right? so you punch in your location, and all the starbucks come up. so we had this idea, what if you were standing on the corner of third and elm, and you saw someone who was homeless, and you had an app that you could enter your location, it would tell you where the nearest hot meal, medical attention and a bed were. and we didn't have any money to go do that, but we decided to scrounge around some doll
and we're so very, very grateful to hud in this capped environment when they're making that statement, they're taking their program down elsewhere to be able to help us out. so we're also working to leverage new technology that can better direct resources, and this one was a lot of fun. about three weeks ago i did an announcement with the singer jon bon jovi, anybody know? all the women that i tell that to kind of, you know, they get the fan out there. jon bon jovi, and the keepty sec -- deputy...
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, environments which sustain us and our economy. ensuring the integrity of our infrastructure in the face of a rapidly changing climate is essential. and i want to focus for a minute on that information -- infrastructure question. coastal states face a particularly unique set of challenges so the infrastructure challenge for rhode island is worse than many places. we face what i call a triple whammy as we must adapt not only to extreme temperatures and unusual weather but also to sea level rise. as average global temperature rises, less water is stored in snow pack and on the ice sheets of antarctica and greenland and higher temperatures cause water to expand to greater volume, so that leads to sea level rise predicted to range from 20 to 39 inches by the year 2100 with recent studies showing the numbers could be even higher due to expected melting of glaciers and ice sheets than we're seeing now. this is not a theory, we're into the realm of measurement. in in rhode island, long-term data from tide gauges in the sailing capital of
, environments which sustain us and our economy. ensuring the integrity of our infrastructure in the face of a rapidly changing climate is essential. and i want to focus for a minute on that information -- infrastructure question. coastal states face a particularly unique set of challenges so the infrastructure challenge for rhode island is worse than many places. we face what i call a triple whammy as we must adapt not only to extreme temperatures and unusual weather but also to sea level...
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senators boxer and inhofe, the be chairman and ranking member of that important committee, environment and public works. this is a vital job-creating measure. the bill would create or maintain up to 2.8 million jobs. on february 9, two days after i moved to this bill, the senate voted 85-11 to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed. the bill has brought bipartisan support. but immediately after the senate moved to the bill on february 9, senator blunt asked unanimous consent that it be in order to offer his amendment on contraception and women's health. i was stunned. i couldn't believe this. i said what's going on here? i objected at the time, i didn't see why this surface transportation jobs bill was the appropriate place for an amendment on contraception and women's health. but the republican leader and others on the republican side of the aisle made it very clear the senate is not going to be able to move forward on this important surface are transportation bill unless we vote on contraception and women's health. the republican leader said it on national tv. on "face the nation" s
senators boxer and inhofe, the be chairman and ranking member of that important committee, environment and public works. this is a vital job-creating measure. the bill would create or maintain up to 2.8 million jobs. on february 9, two days after i moved to this bill, the senate voted 85-11 to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed. the bill has brought bipartisan support. but immediately after the senate moved to the bill on february 9, senator blunt asked unanimous consent that it be in...
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the idea behind them is that if a number of citizens share views on an issue, say, the environment, they can pool their resources, make their views known and influence an election. they can run ads to call for the election of a candidate that supports those shared beliefs. but a pac cannot coordinate with that candidate's campaign. it's not supposed to be an extension of that campaign. prior to citizens united, corporations could get involved in the political process, but there were special protections in place. they couldn't use their money to make a direct contribution to a campaign, and they couldn't buy political ads to directly influence elections. instead they had to give money to a pac, and how much they could give was very tightly restricted. corporations could only use their treasury funds to pay, set up and administer a pac, and could not use any money to expressly advocated for the election or defeat of any candidate. and their executives, like all other individuals, could only write checks of up to $5,000 to these pacs. citizens united began the process of unraveling these pr
the idea behind them is that if a number of citizens share views on an issue, say, the environment, they can pool their resources, make their views known and influence an election. they can run ads to call for the election of a candidate that supports those shared beliefs. but a pac cannot coordinate with that candidate's campaign. it's not supposed to be an extension of that campaign. prior to citizens united, corporations could get involved in the political process, but there were special...
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>> caller: new york city is a real hustle and bustle environment and i want to add to quick point. i don't understand how poor and middle class poor people, republicans and democrats, can be cheerleaders for tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. and i don't understand how anyone can be against not being able to be kicked off her health insurance company by health insurance company. i don't understand how you can be against statewide health insurance exchanges that will prevent health insurance companies from charging excessive premiums. it seems that we've been co-opted, the middle-class and poor, to cheerlead for causes, whether you're a republican or democrat, that you become a cheerleader for causes for rich people. i see plenty of very wealthy people in the neighborhood that i live in. i'm not one of them, unfortunately, but we take on their cause as if it's our own. it makes no sense to me how people come again republicans and democrats, are not think included when it comes to what is in our own interest as middle-class people. we take on the interests of the rich, and
>> caller: new york city is a real hustle and bustle environment and i want to add to quick point. i don't understand how poor and middle class poor people, republicans and democrats, can be cheerleaders for tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires. and i don't understand how anyone can be against not being able to be kicked off her health insurance company by health insurance company. i don't understand how you can be against statewide health insurance exchanges that will prevent...
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success actually out in the field, where detecting drugs accurately is more difficult than the training environment? we don't advocate any particular school as to which of those pieces of evidence have to be present, and what weight we give to each of them is the decision to made by each court. .. it's basic. it's basic for the protection of our fourth amendment rights. >> if you are a trial judge coming only see the cases where the person comes in the court because they found marijuana in the trunk. and for the trial judge come you don't say the dog got lucky this time. you will receive the cases where something is found. the other one still going to court. so i think a corporate pay -- really have to tell judges to be skeptical about this because every case before you may seem like the sky was a nasty drug dealer and the dog was absolutely right. but the u.s. judge needs to be that scott wrigley and sort of tell the dog handler and the police, prove it to me that this dog is reliable. i think that's what's been asked. >> so i'm interest is in the technology she because if i understand the fourth
success actually out in the field, where detecting drugs accurately is more difficult than the training environment? we don't advocate any particular school as to which of those pieces of evidence have to be present, and what weight we give to each of them is the decision to made by each court. .. it's basic. it's basic for the protection of our fourth amendment rights. >> if you are a trial judge coming only see the cases where the person comes in the court because they found marijuana...
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create problems that mercury in our environment does. mr. president, secret money in politics makes it possible for polluting companies to spend millions of dollars influencing elections, and the american public is kept in the dark. so i say to my republican colleagues, let your conscience rule your decision. let's say -- let's tell the truth. i wish that the vote could say, yeah, i want secret money to continue being spent. they wouldn't dare use that language. so, come on, guys. there are good people over there. let's shine some light on who's pullings the strings in this country. is it the people or is it the money that makes the difference in the way this society functions? i yield the floor. mr. sessions: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. sessions: mr. president, i'd ask that i be notified after five minutes. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. sessions: mr. president, i understand we're going to have a second vote on the disclose act. it got only 51 votes previously. we need 60 to move forwar
create problems that mercury in our environment does. mr. president, secret money in politics makes it possible for polluting companies to spend millions of dollars influencing elections, and the american public is kept in the dark. so i say to my republican colleagues, let your conscience rule your decision. let's say -- let's tell the truth. i wish that the vote could say, yeah, i want secret money to continue being spent. they wouldn't dare use that language. so, come on, guys. there are...
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and will have to be good stewards of our environment and i think ultimately you want zero emissions. >> one of the challenges for hydrogen is where does the hydrogen come from, how much energy does it take to agree that hydrogen? >> do know what it is producing today? refineries. >> i'm sure the oil conference will be very happy to get some revenue for that, others transportation and infrastructure issues -- >> they largely don't use it today. that's their business. we're not going to get into that business. we are not that smart. that's a tough business. >> but governor schwarzenegger has tried a lot, pushed hard on hydrogen, has only taken off in california. >> you know, leadership is a tough thing. sometimes you got to make tough decisions and sometimes you're going to be wrong. and, of course, everyone remembered when you're wrong and not when you're right. at some point in time, this is i think the future, and it may not materialize. the market may not be there. if it's not, that's why volt and, you know, this is the first chapter written in the book called alternative forms of
and will have to be good stewards of our environment and i think ultimately you want zero emissions. >> one of the challenges for hydrogen is where does the hydrogen come from, how much energy does it take to agree that hydrogen? >> do know what it is producing today? refineries. >> i'm sure the oil conference will be very happy to get some revenue for that, others transportation and infrastructure issues -- >> they largely don't use it today. that's their business....
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in this environment, even those reported out of committee by voice vote, without any controversy, are unable to receive a floor vote for many months, if they ever receive one at all. let me give you a recent example. a judge that i nominated to the president, judge kathy benjamin avengeo's nomination to the southern district of california was approved by the judiciary committee by voice vote, yet waited four months for a floor vote and then was ultimately confirmed 90-6, showing there simply was no need to hold up the nomination in the first place. this level of obstruction is relatively new, and has impeded the con fimplation process for both judicial and executive branch nominees. let's do a quick comparison. nearly 80% of president george w. bush's judicial nominees during his first term were confirmed. 80%. in contrast, less than 60% of president obama's judicial nominees have been confirmed. as a result, the judicial vacancy rate stands at nearly 10%, that's double what it was when president bush left office. similarly, during the first session of the 112th congress, the confirma
in this environment, even those reported out of committee by voice vote, without any controversy, are unable to receive a floor vote for many months, if they ever receive one at all. let me give you a recent example. a judge that i nominated to the president, judge kathy benjamin avengeo's nomination to the southern district of california was approved by the judiciary committee by voice vote, yet waited four months for a floor vote and then was ultimately confirmed 90-6, showing there simply...
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the local stations are a first line of defense against air pollution in an environment in which most of these ads are not going to be aired nationally. if they're going to be aired nationally likely in news, not in paid time. as a result these decisions at local level that ultimately act as protection for the electorate in two ways. insisting on accuracy of third party ads before they air them in clear-cut cases and fact-checking on air and online. as a result to honor brooks jackson who founded factcheck.org at the annenberg public policy center and who will be stepping down as his role as director of factcheck.org to be our director emeritus, we hope in perpetuity we're establishing the cronkite jackson award given jointly with our sister school at usc. we'll honor the network broadcast or cable, that does the best job overall of fact-checking presidential ads in this election season. we hope that increases the likelihood that that kind of behavior will be emulated in other places and we'll also give a second cronkite jackson award to the best local broadcast station for its fact c
the local stations are a first line of defense against air pollution in an environment in which most of these ads are not going to be aired nationally. if they're going to be aired nationally likely in news, not in paid time. as a result these decisions at local level that ultimately act as protection for the electorate in two ways. insisting on accuracy of third party ads before they air them in clear-cut cases and fact-checking on air and online. as a result to honor brooks jackson who...
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and we have to have an environment in which businesses are willing to take those risks. and in which those risks can minimized so they can say, i can take this risk and it's going to be worth it. even if the particular one doesn't work out, i know by bringing in an employee and trying the line of generating income, we are going profit. something i call the first three are free. right now there's a small business wants to hire an employee, to go from zero employees to one employee is the same amount of paperwork that walmart had to use to go from zero to one employee. o'sha, taxing with all of those things. if we were to eliminate those barriers, if we were to say that company it hire one employee all they have to do is write the employee a paycheck. the employee can handle everything there. there are 20 million small business that have no employees in the united states. if even one sixth of those would hire one employee that would put 3 million people back to work. that's 1% of the population of the united states. that puts a pressure immediately on wages. it benefits ev
and we have to have an environment in which businesses are willing to take those risks. and in which those risks can minimized so they can say, i can take this risk and it's going to be worth it. even if the particular one doesn't work out, i know by bringing in an employee and trying the line of generating income, we are going profit. something i call the first three are free. right now there's a small business wants to hire an employee, to go from zero employees to one employee is the same...
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i want to give credit to senator barbara boxer, chair of the environment and public works committee and senator inhofe from oklahoma who is the ranking member for all of their good work on this legislation. they joined three other committees which also passed their portions of the bill with strong bipartisan support. you know, mr. president, i think that we could all agree that transportation is one of this federal government's core responsibilities, and it has been far too long since congress updated and reformed federal transportation programs. every committee that worked on the senate's long-term transportation bill passed it with a strong bipartisan vote, and when the bill came to the floor, 74 senators from both parties voted in favor of the transportation bill. now i urge the house of representatives to follow our lead in the senate and to act on a long-term bipartisan transportation bill. i think they ought to take up the senate bill. the senate's transportation bill is about strong bridges, good jobs and dependable roads that businesses count on to move goods and reach customers
i want to give credit to senator barbara boxer, chair of the environment and public works committee and senator inhofe from oklahoma who is the ranking member for all of their good work on this legislation. they joined three other committees which also passed their portions of the bill with strong bipartisan support. you know, mr. president, i think that we could all agree that transportation is one of this federal government's core responsibilities, and it has been far too long since congress...
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regard to relations -- does the tsa inspectors you've dealt with, are they more focus on securing the environment or technical compliance? >> technical compliance. >> okay. so they're dotting the i's, crossing the t.? >> that's correct. >> not looking at the security over environmental security can? >> well -- >> when i say environmental i mean conditions. >> correct. >> okay. do you think the current structure with tsa inspectors are reporting to federal security directors and the field is working well? >> and i believe there's probably too much inconsistency with the current tsa organizational structure that has a group of individuals who are responsible for coming out and providing security inspection of the freight rail yards, not in any way, shape, or form connected with the headquarters organization that really is responsible for formulating policy and regulations. and i think what happens is that they he this tremendous inconsistency with the application of the regulations and interpretations. we spend an inordinate amount of time resources deal with very minor and trivial administrative i
regard to relations -- does the tsa inspectors you've dealt with, are they more focus on securing the environment or technical compliance? >> technical compliance. >> okay. so they're dotting the i's, crossing the t.? >> that's correct. >> not looking at the security over environmental security can? >> well -- >> when i say environmental i mean conditions. >> correct. >> okay. do you think the current structure with tsa inspectors are reporting to...